As the foremost novelist of the American Depression of the 1930s,John Steinbeck explored hard into the social problems of his time and tried to represent them into his works. It is no wonder his works are mostly carried real-ism- this literary mode of writing that gives the impression of recording and sometimes reflecting faithfully the actual life of the 1930s. As the foremost novelist of the American Depression of the 1930s, John Steinbeck explored hard into the social problems of his time and tried to represent them into his works. It is no wonder his works are mostly carried real-ism- this literary mode of writing that gives the impression of recording and sometimes reflecting faithfully the actual life of the 1930s.